Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani and his Yobe State counterpart Mai Mala Buni have offered special prayers for Nigeria’s unity peace and stability inside the Holy Kaaba in Makkah Saudi Arabia describing the opportunity as particularly significant at a critical moment in the country’s history.
The governors who accompanied President Bola Ahmed Tinubu into Islam’s holiest sanctuary during his Umrah pilgrimage said they devoted the rare spiritual opportunity to seeking divine intervention for Nigeria’s progress national harmony and prosperity.
They spoke in separate interviews after entering the Kaaba alongside the President an experience they described as a lifetime achievement and extraordinary privilege for Muslims.
Governor Sani said the opportunity was especially meaningful because it came at a time when Nigeria needed prayers for enduring peace national cohesion and stability.
‘Actually this is a lifetime wish for every Muslim because it is a rare privilege. What is more important is getting this very rare opportunity to enter the Kaaba and pray at this critical moment in the history of our country.
‘We seized this opportunity most importantly to pray for our country to pray for the unity of our country and to pray for the peace of our country. I believe this is the right time for that’ he said.
The Kaduna governor expressed appreciation to President Tinubu for extending the privilege to members of his delegation describing the gesture as a demonstration of his leadership and consideration for others.
‘I want to thank President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for giving me this opportunity to join him because like I said he is a very great leader.
‘When he had the opportunity he called some of us to join him to enter the Kaaba alongside him.
‘I have noted in my mind a lot of things we asked from Almighty Allah. Certainly they will be granted by the grace of God because when we went in there we prayed for the unity peace and harmony of our country’ Sani added.
Similarly Governor Buni described the experience as a remarkable spiritual milestone stressing that access to the Kaaba was a rare honour that could only come through divine providence.
According to him the privilege provided an opportunity to seek Allah’s blessings not only for Nigeria but also for individual states and their people.
‘It is very significant in the life of every Muslim to have this rare privilege to enter the Kaaba. It is very very significant. It is a lifetime achievement and it is only when it is destined by Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala that it will be.
‘As we were privileged to enter the Kaaba today we were also privileged to pray for the country our states for peace prosperity and stability’ Buni said.
Also speaking the Group Chief Executive Officer of Matrix Group Abdulkabir Adisa Aliu described his entry into the Kaaba as the fulfilment of a lifelong spiritual aspiration.
Aliu who expressed gratitude to President Tinubu for the opportunity said he had always prayed for the privilege of entering the sacred sanctuary.
He offered prayers for the President’s good health divine guidance and the success of his administration particularly in delivering prosperity to Nigerians.
‘Alhamdulillah this is a lifetime ambition. I have always prayed that I want to enter the Kaaba and Alhamdulillah under the leadership of our President Bola Ahmed Tinubu it happened.
‘I pray Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala to continue to guide him to bless him to grant him good health and to make Nigeria a prosperous country under his regime’ Aliu said.
President Tinubu and members of his delegation were granted the rare privilege of entering the Holy Kaaba by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud during the President’s pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia.
The President who expressed gratitude to the Saudi monarch for the honour also offered prayers for Nigeria’s peace unity development and prosperity reaffirming his commitment to building a stronger nation and securing a better future for Nigerians.